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La Bonne de Chagall
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La Bonne de Chagall

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This novel, half-biography, half-thriller, takes place in 1994 when nearly a hundred watercolor works and lithographies from Marc Chagall are stolen.
It is the story of how a newly-immigrated maid comes to the Chagall house in Vence fell in the trap of a crooked art dealer who made her believe that she would become rich and could escape her abusive husband.

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En 1994, le milieu des arts est secou par ce qui deviendra bient t
l'affaire Chagall , soit le vol d'une centaine de gouaches et de lithographies du ma tre.
Cette histoire fascinante commence lorsqu'Ir ne Mensko , une modeste bonne d barqu e
Paris dans l'espoir d'une vie meilleure, entre au service des Chagall et gagne peu
peu leur confiance quand elle s'installe avec eux dans leur villa,
Vence, o l'artiste finira ses jours.
Profitant de son acc s privil gi aux studios de Chagall, Ir ne tombe dans le pi ge d'un marchand de tableaux v reux, qui lui fait miroiter la possibilit d’ tre riche et lib r e d'un mari abusif. S duite, et prise dans le d dale inextricable de cette escroquerie, elle suivra son incroyable destin, dont la r alit d passe la fiction…
Dans ce roman captivant, qui tient
la fois de la biographie et du thriller, Karen Olsen fait revivre une des plus surprenantes affaires de recels de tableaux du 20e si cle.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Editions David
Date
15 February 2017
Pages
242
ISBN
9782895975885

This title is printed to order. This book may have been self-published. If so, we cannot guarantee the quality of the content. In the main most books will have gone through the editing process however some may not. We therefore suggest that you be aware of this before ordering this book. If in doubt check either the author or publisher’s details as we are unable to accept any returns unless they are faulty. Please contact us if you have any questions.

This novel, half-biography, half-thriller, takes place in 1994 when nearly a hundred watercolor works and lithographies from Marc Chagall are stolen.
It is the story of how a newly-immigrated maid comes to the Chagall house in Vence fell in the trap of a crooked art dealer who made her believe that she would become rich and could escape her abusive husband.

+++++++++++++

En 1994, le milieu des arts est secou par ce qui deviendra bient t
l'affaire Chagall , soit le vol d'une centaine de gouaches et de lithographies du ma tre.
Cette histoire fascinante commence lorsqu'Ir ne Mensko , une modeste bonne d barqu e
Paris dans l'espoir d'une vie meilleure, entre au service des Chagall et gagne peu
peu leur confiance quand elle s'installe avec eux dans leur villa,
Vence, o l'artiste finira ses jours.
Profitant de son acc s privil gi aux studios de Chagall, Ir ne tombe dans le pi ge d'un marchand de tableaux v reux, qui lui fait miroiter la possibilit d’ tre riche et lib r e d'un mari abusif. S duite, et prise dans le d dale inextricable de cette escroquerie, elle suivra son incroyable destin, dont la r alit d passe la fiction…
Dans ce roman captivant, qui tient
la fois de la biographie et du thriller, Karen Olsen fait revivre une des plus surprenantes affaires de recels de tableaux du 20e si cle.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Editions David
Date
15 February 2017
Pages
242
ISBN
9782895975885